Cycle-stand holding and release device.



A, B. HAWKINSON. CYCLE sum) HOLDING AND RELEASE DEVICE. APPLIOATIOR FILED D30. 23, 1913.

1,1 05,077. Patented July 28, 1914.

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U 1E E ARTHUR E. HAWKINSON, or CHICAGO, ILLjInors.

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Application filed December 23,1913. Serial itaeosgaof To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, ARTHUR E. HAWKIN- son, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of lllinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cycle-Stand Holding and Release Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a cycle stand holding and release device.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of the character named which will efficiently hold the pivoted stand of the cycle in inoperative position, and which can be readily released when desired to permit the stand to swing under the influence of gravity into operative position.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of device of the character named which will be simple in construc tion, efficient in use and which may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of con struction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a cycle having the improved holding and release device associated therewith and showing the pivoted stand held in inoperative position; Fig. 2, a View similar to Fig. 1 showing the device in release position; Fig. 8, a section on the line 83 of Fig.1, and Fig. 4, a rear view of what is shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings 10 indicates the frame of a motor or other cycle, and 11 the rear wheel thereof which is rotatably mounted in the frame 10. Supported upon the frame 10 and partially circumscribing the wheel 11 is the usual mud guard 12. Pivotally supported upon the axle of the wheel 11 is a U-shaped cycle stand 13. Said stand is adapted to be dropped from the position Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ju1y28, 1914 shown inFig. 1 to the position shown in serve to support the cycle in an upright position. PI'OJECtlDg from the rear end of and secured to the mud guard 12 is a stand" catch 14 formed of a leaf spring provided with a notch 15 and having its free end curved outwardly as at 16. Mounted on the mudguard 12 adjacent the rear end thereof is a bracket 17' upon which is pivoted a rod 18. Mountedon the mud guard 12 inwardly of the bracket 17 is another bracket 19 upon which is pivoted a rod 20. Secured to the outer endof the catch 14 and to the free ends of the rods 18 and 20 through a guide member 22 on the frame 10 and has secured to its forward end a hand grip 23.

By this construction it will be obivous that when the stand 13 is swung upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 2 the arm connecting portion thereof will engage the outwardly curved end 16 of the catch 14 and force said catch rearwardly until the arm connecting portion of the stand 13 reaches the notch 15 when the catch 14 will spring forward and lock the stand 13 in the position shown in Fig. 1. To elease the stand it is only necessary to grip the handle 23 and pull onthe cable 21. This operation will flex the catch 14 rearwardly and thereby release the stand 13 when the latter will swing downwardly under the influence of gravity. The cycle can then be slightly elevated and the stand moved to full supporting position as shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim is The combination of a cycle including a frame, a rear wheel rotatably mounted in the frame, a mud guard carried by the frame and circumscribing the rear wheel, a U-shaped stand pivotally connected at the free ends of its arm tothe aXle of said wheel, a leaf spring secured to and extending from the rear end of. the mud guard, said leaf springs being provided with a notch adapted toreceive the stand to support the latter in inoperative position, rods pivoted on the mud guard, a cable secured to the free end of theleaf spring and the free ends of the said rods, a guide member on the frame forwardly of the rear Wheel In testimony whereof I afiix my signathrough which said cable extends, and a ture, in the presence of two Witnesses. handle on the forward end of the cable whereby a forward pull on the cable Will ARTHUR HAWKINSON' 5 flex the leaf spring rearwardly and release Witnesses:

the stand for movement to operative posi- G-. E. ANDERSON,

tion. S. P. TANANEVIOZ.

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